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Criteria

Evangelicals <= 2%
Professing Christians <= 5%
Progress Level
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People Groups

7,403

% of World's
People Groups

42.5 %

Population

3,274,637,000

% of World Population

41.8 %

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Photo People Group Country Population Primary Language Primary Religion ▼ Progress
Scale 		% Christian
Adherents 		%
Evangelical 		Indigenous Est. Workers
Needed *
Badyara Senegal 2,800 Badyara Islam ● 1.00 % 0.20 % ● 1
Fulani, Bagirmi Chad 42,000 Fulfulde, Bagirmi Islam ● 0.20 % 0.15 % ● 1
Fulani, Bagirmi Central African Republic 214,000 Fulfulde, Bagirmi Islam ☀ 0.10 % 0.03 % 4
Koussountou Togo 13,000 Bago-Kusuntu Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Bahonsuai Indonesia 300 Bahonsuai Islam ● 0.65 % 0.65 % ● 1
Arab, Bahraini Bahrain 906,000 Arabic, Baharna Spoken Islam ● 3.40 % 0.90 % ● 18
Arab, Bahraini Oman 19,000 Arabic, Baharna Spoken Islam ● 3.00 % 1.00 % 1
Bajau Indonesia 349,000 Bajau, Indonesian Islam ☀ 0.03 % 0.01 % ● 7
Bajau Bukit, Papar Malaysia 2,000 Malay Islam ● 4.00 % 2.00 % ● 1
Jama Mapun, Sama Mapun Malaysia 17,000 Mapun Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Jama Mapun, Bajau Kagayan Philippines 51,000 Mapun Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Bajelani Iraq 70,000 Bajelani Islam ● 0.15 % 0.03 % ● 1
Bajuni Kenya 96,000 Swahili Islam ● 5.00 % 1.00 % ● 2
Bajuni Somalia 11,000 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Bajuni Tanzania 24,000 Swahili Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Bakumpai Indonesia 167,000 Bakumpai Islam ● 2.00 % 0.03 % ● 3
Bashkir Turkmenistan 8,100 Bashkort Islam ● 3.00 % 1.00 % 1
Bashkir Ukraine 3,800 Bashkort Islam ● 3.00 % 0.50 % 1
Bashkir Uzbekistan 48,000 Bashkort Islam ● 4.00 % 0.50 % 1
Anii Benin 47,000 Anii Islam ● 2.00 % 1.00 % ● 1
Anii Togo 19,000 Anii Islam ● 1.20 % 1.10 % ● 1
Balaesan Indonesia 6,900 Balaesang Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % ● 1
Balkar Kyrgyzstan 1,400 Karachay-Balkar Islam ● 2.03 % 0.00 % 1
Balkar Kazakhstan 2,300 Karachay-Balkar Islam ☀ 0.00 % 0.00 % 1
Balkar Russia 112,000 Karachay-Balkar Islam ☀ 0.05 % 0.04 % ● 2
Totals:  7,403 People Groups   3,274,637,000             68,974
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  1. Joshua Project data is drawn from many sources and of varying accuracy depending on source and editorial decisions. Populations are scaled to the current year. Other data may have varying ages. We welcome suggested updates.
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